Horseshoe.



PATENTED JUNE 7,1904.

J. w. PORGVHBR.

HORSESHOE.

APPLICATION nun SEPT. 30. 1903.,

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am ll Patented June 7, 1904.

UNITED STATES [PATENT OFFICE. 1

JACOB W. POROHER, OF PORT WASHINGTON, OHIO.

HORSESHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part ofLetters Patent No. 761,904, dated. June 7, 1904.

Application filed ep ember 30, 1903. Serial No. 175,214. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J ACOB W. Poncrrnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Port Washington, in the county of T uscarawas and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the following is a specification.

This invention provides improvements in horseshoes of the composite type embodying a shoe consisting of hoof and tread sections. The sections of the shoe are of peculiar formation, so as to be movably secured together to permit of ready detachment of the treadsection from the hoof-section.

For a full description of the-invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic fea-' tures of 'the invention are susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of the invention isillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is aperspective View of the horseshoe, showing the sections locked together. Fig. 2 is a sectional View through the toe'portions of the sections of the shoe when assembled in cooperative relation, the sections being taken longitudinally of the V shaped clamping member by which the sections are looked together. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view through the heel portions of the shoe. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of the V-shaped clamping member used for locking the sections of the shoe together.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

readily seen.

1 are beveled upon the inner edges thereof, as shown at 3, for reasons which will more fully appear as the description proceeds. The" embodiment of the invention as shown in the drawingsillustrates the shoe having the treadsection of a construction to provide a cushionshoe more especially adapted for use in the summer season. The tread-section, as shown, comprises a metal shoe-section molded in rubber 4, the metal portion being designated 5. The rubber portion 4: of, the tread-section is 'the portion of the same coming into direct hood of injury which might be caused by slipping. To secure the tread-section to the hoofsection, the former is provided adjacent the heel portions thereof and upon the outer faces of the said heel-sections with lugs 6, which are adapted by a slidable movement of the tread-section to engage the beveled portions 3 of the heel portions of the hoof-section. To hold the lugs 6 in engagement with the heel portions of the hoof 1, a V-shaped clamping member 7 is provided, the respective arms of the said member being adapted to engage the toe portions of the parts 1 and 5, upon opposite sides thereof, to thereby lock the said seotions together at this point. To prevent displacement of the clamping member 7 pintlelugs 8, are projected inwardly from the toe portion of the tread-section, and a pin 9, passing through an opening 10 in the member 7 and the openings in the pintle'-lugs, holds the member 7 in the engaging relation above described. A recess 11 upon the upper side of the hoof-section 1, adjacent the toe portions thereof, receives the engaging portion of one of the arms of the V-shapedclamping member when the latter is disposed in a position so as to lock the tread and hoof sections together. The recess 11 when engaged by the clamping member 7 prevents lateral play or movement of the tread-section of the shoe, which is essential in order to prevent disengagement of the lugs 6 from heel portions of the hoof-section 1. The lugs 6 are oppositely inclined, so as to more eflectually engage with the beveled portions 3 of the hoof-section 1. To remove the detachable tread-section, it is only necessary to displace the pin 9, and thereby admit of removal of the clamping member IO 7, when by a slidable movement of the treadsection being provided upon the toe portion thereof with a recess, pintle-lugs projected inwardly from the trerul-section :nljaeent the toe portion thereof, and a V-shaped clamping member removably secured between the a toresaid pintle-lugs having its arms adapted to engage the sections of the shoe upon opposite sides to lock the same together at the toe portion and to prevent disengagement ol the lugs of the tread-section from the hoof-section, one

of the arms of the V-shaped member aforesaid being adapted to enter the recess upon the toe portion of the hoof-section.

In testimony whereol l allix m y signature in presence of two witnesses.

J ACOB \V. PORCIIER.

\Vitnesses:

IIENRY CHAPMA F. P. ECKEK'I.

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